The Chicken

Kukkuṭajātaka

“Bird with wings”—The Master told this tale in Jetavana, concerning a Brother who longed for the world. The Master asked him, “Why do you long for the world?” “Lord, through passion, for I saw a woman adorned.” “Brother, women are like cats, deceiving and cajoling to bring to ruin one who has come into their power,” so he told an old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Chakkanipāta
0.3Avāriyavagga

0.48. Kukkuṭajātaka

1.1PTS 3.265“Sucittapattachadana,1.2tambacūḷa vihaṅgama;1.3Oroha dumasākhāya,1.4mudhā bhariyā bhavāmi te”.
2.1“Catuppadī tvaṁ kalyāṇi,2.2dvipadāhaṁ manorame;2.3Migī pakkhī asaññuttā,2.4aññaṁ pariyesa sāmikaṁ”.
3.1PTS 3.266“Komārikā te hessāmi,3.2Mañjukā piyabhāṇinī;3.3Vinda maṁ ariyena vedena,3.4Sāvaya maṁ yadicchasi”.
4.1“Kuṇapādini lohitape,4.2cori kukkuṭapothini;4.3Na tvaṁ ariyena vedena,4.4mamaṁ bhattāramicchasi”.
5.1“Evampi caturā nārī,5.2disvāna sadhanaṁ naraṁ;5.3Nenti saṇhāhi vācāhi,5.4biḷārī viya kukkuṭaṁ.
6.1Yo ca uppatitaṁ atthaṁ,6.2na khippamanubujjhati;6.3Amittavasamanveti,6.4pacchā ca anutappati.
7.1PTS 3.267Yo ca uppatitaṁ atthaṁ,7.2khippameva nibodhati;7.3Muccate sattusambādhā,7.4kukkuṭova biḷāriyā”ti.

8.1Kukkuṭajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.